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29 Seagate, Irvine

Hi, my name is Colin, I live in Lowestoft, Suffolk. The picture you have of 29 Seagate, Irvine is part of the building we lived in, the part you see was used as a workshop when we lived there, he did upholstery. We had no ...Read more

A memory of Irvine in 1953 by Colin Porter

Redditch Town Centre.

I remember Huins shoe shop, and Evesham Street. I worked for a time in Liptons. I went to college in Birmingham and returned to Redditch to work in N. H. Harris hairdressers in Market Place, above the Singer sewing machine ...Read more

A memory of Redditch in 1960 by Roger Nettleton

Memories Of Downton

My family moved to The Research Station at Forest Road, Redlynch at the end of the war, and from there to a house in Moot Lane, Downton. My father (Oliver) was in the Royal Artillery during the 1914 - 1918 war, and my ...Read more

A memory of Whiteparish by Raymond Pidgley

My Village As A Child

I was born at Grainthorpe in 1945 at Chapel Hill Cottages to Jim and Ivy Holdsworth Dad was a Geordie who came to the village in 1943 with the Royal Ulster Rifles. My mother was Ivy Loughton and was brought up by her ...Read more

A memory of Grainthorpe

Lead Etching

I have in my possession a lead etching of Drip Bridge near Stirling exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1924 by John G math__g (or s)on. The handrighting is difficult. Could you do some research or advise me where to go to get ...Read more

A memory of Dripend by Heather Howson Barclay

Fleshmarket Close

When I was 8 or 9 years old our family moved from Clyde Street, Edinburgh to the High Street or, as we called our immediate area, 'The Tron', in view of living in the shadow of the old Tron Kirk. Our address was 'Fleshmarket ...Read more

A memory of Edinburgh in 1953 by James Kerray

Bury Hall

I have just started researching my family history. My great grandfather was Jacob Abraham and was gardener for John Brett Purvis and then Richard Purvis at Bury Hall. I would love to see a picture of Bury Hall and or Bury Hall Lodge. ...Read more

A memory of Alverstoke in 1860

Horndean War Memorial

I am seeking help in identifying two soldiers recorded on the Horndean War Memorial. I have found the details of all of the others. I intend to publish the results of my research. The two men are recorded as follows ...Read more

A memory of Horndean in 1910 by David Goble

Royal College Of Music

My memories refer to 1955 through 1959. I remember these years with affection - being taught 'cello by Harvey Philips, piano by Hilda Klein (excellent use of swearwords, I remember!!), composition by Herbert ...Read more

A memory of Kensington in 1955 by Ray Lowrey

Happy Childhood.

Because my father, and later on my mother and brother, shot at Bisley, every summer holiday was spent on the ranges. We would catch a train to Woking, then another to Brookwood and then board the "Bisley Bullet" which would take us ...Read more

A memory of Bisley by Rhondda Harper

Captions

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Caption For Perth, Post Office And New Scott Street 1899

An ancient royal burgh, Perth was once capital of Scotland.

Caption For Kettering, Market 1922

The view towards the Royal Hotel and Lloyds Bank is almost unchanged. On the right the Victorian Corn Exchange has become the Variety cinema.

Caption For Ramsgate, The Beach C1880

The low building extending from the left is the Colonnade, which was demolished by a storm in 1897 and replaced by the Royal Pavilion in 1904.

Caption For Upwey, The Wishing Well 1898

The first royal visitors were George III and his court on their summer vacations to Weymouth.

Caption For Castleford, The Bus Station C1965

Just a memory, too, is the nearby old Theatre Royal, which offered a variety of entertainment from 1873 to 1955.

Caption For Liphook, The Village 1906

Standing in the shadow of a great chestnut tree and originally a posting and coaching house, The Royal Anchor Hotel (centre) dates from the time of Samuel Pepys, who found 'good, honest people' here.

Caption For Liphook, Royal Anchor Hotel 1911

Standing in the shadow of a great chestnut tree and originally a posting and coaching house, The Royal Anchor Hotel (centre) dates from the time of Samuel Pepys, who found 'good, honest people' here.

Caption For Burton Leonard, Village Green And School C1960

The other two pubs, the Royal Oak and the Hare and Hounds, are still open. Here we look across the green towards the village school of 1815.

Caption For Rickmansworth, High Street C1960

Further on is the Rickmansworth branch of the National Provincial Bank, which replaced Eastman's butcher shop and the Royal Herts Laundry.

Caption For Wedmore, Church Street 1950

It is known to history students as a royal residence and the setting for King Alfred's meeting in 878 with Guthrum, the leader of the all- conquering Danish armies.

Caption For Ardingly, The Village C1950

Now in the care of the National Trust and run by the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, it is open to visitors. The South of England agricultural showground is in the locality.

Caption For Doune, Castle 1899

Doune was used as a royal residence until 1528 when it was returned to a descendant of Albany.

Caption For Addington, The Village C1950

It is now the headquarters of the Royal School of Church Music. Five archbishops are buried in the church or the churchyard, where they are commemorated by a cross erected in 1911.

Caption For Epsom, Woodcote Park 1927

The Royal Automobile Club acquired the house, along with its 300 acres of parkland, in 1913, when some of the historic interior fittings were dismantled and sold.

Caption For Leicester, Charles Street And Belgrave Gate C1965

centre of the shot, and even more so when it is remembered that the same committee was, at about that time, taking the monstrous decision to authorise the demo- lition of the 18th-century Theatre Royal

Caption For Hillsborough, The Castle, Gatehouse 1890

It was given Royal approval and the garrison was paid for. King William III stayed there on his way to the Boyne.

Caption For Charmouth, The Queen's Armes Hotel C1960

The disguised royal party, fearful of attracting attention, fled eastwards, and had their next narrow escape at Bridport, en route to an eventual passage from Shoreham.

Caption For Lyme Regis, Broad Street C1955

Above the bay windows of the Royal Lion Hotel (right) the name of the former landlord Robert Lutke has been replaced by the motto of the Prince of Wales - 'Ich dien' - to go with his emblem of

Caption For Stamford, St Paul's Street C1960

The house occupied by the courageous window-cleaner (centre) bears a 1716 datestone, and its neighbour (then, as now, housing the Royal Air Force Association) a datestone for 1663.

Caption For Manchester, Victoria Buildings 1889

Our view is from the Royal Exchange Building.

Caption For Caernarfon, Castle From The Ferry C1890

No one was left in any doubt, especially the Welsh, that they were looking upon the seat of a new royal government and a new imperial power.

Caption For Bridport, West Street 1897

Down the slope is the sign of the Royal Oak Hotel (above the hand-cart) and the shop window of butchers W and R Fletcher Ltd (two ladies passing), with a painter on a ladder further down the hill.

Caption For Hampton Court, Palace 1899

William and Mary engaged Wren to extend and improve the building, and every monarch until George III used Hampton Court as a royal palace.

Caption For Cowes, The "Queen Elizabeth" C1955

In 1817 the Prince Regent joined the club, and on his ascent to the throne as George IV in 1820, the club became the Royal Yacht Club.